The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 695
WILLIAM SQUIER.
William Squier, a well known orchardist living near Zillah, was born in Addison
county, Vermont, January 26. 1848, a son of Seymour and Lois (Wheeler) Squier.
The father was a native of Vermont, while the mother's birth occurred at
Alstead, New Hampshire. The paternal grandfather was Timothy Squier, of
Massachusetts, who died at the age of ninety-seven years. Seymour Squier became
a farmer of Vermont and spent his last days in that state. The mother afterward
removed westward to Illinois, where her death occurred.
William Squier was reared in New England and acquired a public school
education, after which he devoted his attention to farming in the Green
Mountain state until 1878. Attracted by the opportunities of the growing west,
he then went to Kansas and afterward to Lyon county, Iowa, where he located in
1881. There he followed the carpenter's trade until 1895, when he removed to
Zillah, Washington. He purchased twenty acres a mile northwest of the town,
which was all covered with a native growth of sagebrush, and with characteristic
energy he began the work of improving and developing the ranch. He now has an
excellent property, of which ten acres are devoted to apples. He has built a
good packing house and storage warehouse and he has also erected a comfortable
residence upon the place. He is a carpenter by trade and his building operations
have enabled him to make excellent improvements upon his ranch. He followed his
trade in order to gain a start on coming to the northwest, working for others,
but now he gives his entire attention to the care of the orchard.
On the 5th of April, 1869, Mr. Squier was united in marriage to Miss Roxana
Allen, a native of New York. Their children were: Cora and Allen, both deceased;
Alvin and Allen, twins, who have also passed away; Lottie, the wife of J. E.
Raymond, of Yakima; and Ralph, who is married and has one child and now largely
carries on his father's farm.
Mr. Squier is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and also of the
Modern Woodmen of America. His religious faith is that of the Presbyterian
church, and in politics he is a progressive republican. He has always stood for
advancement and improvement and his influence is ever given on the side of the
material, intellectual, social and moral progress of the community in which he
lives.
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Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in December 2007 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.